F-35A Gun Fires 181 Rounds
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2015
- The video clip shows the 181-round gun burst of the gun embedded in the F-35A's left wing root. The gun will provide operational F-35A pilots an ability to engage air-to-ground or air-to-air weapon targets using its strafing capability in addition to its beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles and precision-guided air-to-ground weapons. Learn more: www.f35.com/news/detail/f-35a...
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Behold, the world's angriest Jack-in-the-box.
😂
Very good comment. Congrats 😂
exept you dont see the thing coming out of it, its gonna be 2 seconds to come closer then BOOM!
Just a reminder that the GAU-12 is 25mm not 20mm like the M-61 Vulcan in most fighters. The rounds are more than twice as heavy. 181 rounds out of this is equal to nearly 400 rounds from the M61 in terms of mass. That little burst just moved 90 lbs of angry downrange at mach 3.
Isn't the GBU-12 Paveway II a laser guided bomb..? Just a question seeing if my knowledge needs to be refreshed
Shorter bursts with a larger explosive projectile vs standard 20mm and larger magazine. Wonder what engineer filled out that Venn diagram…
@@M1A2Abrams.19-9O GAU (Gun Aircraft Unit) vs GBU (Guided Bomb Unit). GAU is for the cannon, GBU is for the bomb.
@@georgelee4308 Oml. I read it wrong lol thx tho
@@M1A2Abrams.19-9OI believe they are laser and gps guided.
The little flap opening kills me 💀
Gotta reduce the radar signature. If you leave rough edges and reflective surfaces, the rcs will greatly increase. This way you end up with abominations like the SU-57 that look like a stealth jet but are quite the opposite. I don’t know what Russian engineers do to get their title, but it seems that they just call the least drunk man in the bar an engineer.
No, the gun does 😅
I wonder what the little flap under the gun does
@@Boomchacle gun gas purge
@@FacitOmniaVoluntas. Why is it with Americans always being angry towards Russians and their jets
Bro even a mig 21 shot down your trash f 16
SURE a lot of worry over the muzzle door. I'd be more concerned about being on the wrong end of that cannon.
+ELECTROSTATIC ION ENGINES It might not behave the same way when in flight...
*****
That is what testing is all about. You actually think they won't test in flight and on targets? The key word is testing.
ELECTROSTATIC ION ENGINES I was saying that there might not be much to worry about the muzzle door, it might not flop around so much in flight.
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I 'm really not worried. I know they know what they are doing and if there is a problem they will correct it. There will be field test.
Targeting is still biased long & right (depending on variant). So I guess short & to the left would be a good rule of thumb.
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I thought a Jack-in-the-box was going to pop out when that door opened.
Treetop64 Both pretty deadly in my opinion.
now THAT would be scary.
@@TheBlackstarrt A jack in the box with a gatling gun in his hands.
“THIS IS A ROBBERY! GIVE ME ALL YOUR OIL!”
That’s a pretty deadly jack in the box 😭
A flag that says "BANG"
What if they made a really tiny version for home defense
bruh
You mean a M134 Minigun?
Like a “Mr Gutsy”?
I mean, there probably is a few out there with a similar fire rate and similar Cartridge, You just won't know about it until it is used lol
Make it a rc version
So many engineers on this comment section.
I’m just a stoner that likes planes 😂🤙🏾
I mean when you have passion in your major, you will be like a kid on Christimas day when you come across something of your major.
So many engineers in this comment section*
We're not on a comment section. We're in it.
And you're a failed linguist.
So many engineers, but only one cock head called blastdude89
So do i order this directly from Lockheed or do i have to go through a vendor?
I have a spare one if you would like.
Lockheed Martin: the gun? Or jet? Or both?
@@neilpieterse9614 yes
@@blake9908 yes
@@neilpieterse9614
Yes.
structure maintenance guys must hate that gun cover lol
I bet the gun cover cost over a million $. Makes the most money for the aircraft manufacturer than any other part of the aircraft.
They hate the whole plane!
I know this is old but as ASM, we indeed hate the flap. Realistically we all hate our entire job because it's quite literally never ending and pushing back against nature itself
@@markevans1618what’s there to hate about it?
@@sforza209 corrosion. Our entire job is prevent or eliminate corrosion, repair damage caused by either negligence of other maintenance personnel or the pilot going nutty on the stick. Even supposing pilots never slam the throttle forward and pull 5gs every turn, or that every person that touches the aircraft is absolutely perfect never breaks something, corrosion is forever. You know that snail meme that will one day catch up to you and kill you no matter what you do? Thats basically how we attempt to delay the inevitable. Metal doesnt exist in nature how we think it looks. Every single piece of manufactured metal is similar to a piece of processed deli ham. Its an amalgamation of different metals mixed together to get desired properties but metal exists in nature as ores. Ore is basically what we refer to as rust. Ore is just rusty red rock. No matter how many oils, paint, coatings, formulas, blended metals, heat treatment etc, absolutely nothing will prevent it from eventually decaying at the atomic level. All metal will eventually return to its natural state: dust. ASM is nothing more than an unforgiving battle to delay the rot. Its why apart from crew chiefs and select few others, no plane can fly without the approval of ASM. Everyone in the Airforce including the Chief MSgt and every 5 Star General can sign off that they approve the plane to fly, but it will absolutely not fly unless ASM gives the go ahead. ASM is probably the final defense for maintenance to ensure the plane is ready for missions
I've been waiting to see the cannon on the F-35A for awhile now, nice footage! Now I want to see the gunpod in action on the F-35B.
Then go join the Air Force and start bombing innocent children in some 3rd world country.
I bet you'll see a lot in action !
+Rich Handsome - Well, that escalated quickly...
Rich Handsome Edgy.
Rich Handsome Keep that edge sharp.
+Rich Handsome Remember to lead them less.
“Oh look it’s RCS is bigger. OH SHI-“
*Proud Dad Tears*
🤣
This is crazy. I can’t imagine how much destruction it has
All of it.
The plane has to get in the air first
@@no_aid_for_UKRAINEnuh uh!
James Bond stole a mig once, totalled a russian base, then took off, and flew away
@@no_aid_for_UKRAINEjust wait until Ukraine joins NATO
@@no_aid_for_UKRAINE you could not come up with anything smarter?
imagine this plane shooting while on hover mode!
They did that in the last Die Hard movie....pretty awesome
Josh84 this is a 3 year old comment
Yeah, it's in Live Free or Die Hard. I dont remember what year it came out. There's a short scene in one of the Avergers movies where one hovers while shooting at the Hulk too
This is an F-35A tho
I wish the F35 B had an internal gun but it doesn't, it has a gunpod instead
i like that little door, good to keep low radar visibility
181, thats a nice and round number!
Im glad they included a gun in the F35. Some thought a gun was obsolete when the F4 was built
It's funny considering the f4 didn't have a gun until they realised the soviets would just engage American planes close range
@@looke3392 yeah I saw a pilot say a gun beats a knife but when you are both stuck in a phone that knife is really effective and can beat the gun
Vietnam was 60 years ago and the lack of Guns was not the problem. Do some research before commenting
@@Tunchai you should do some research because the lack of a gun was problem and the F4 was quickly fitted with gun pods after pilots found themselves at a disadvantage in close range dogfights with Migs.
@@Tunchai Maybe you should do some research because it was a problem and the F4 was retrofitted with gun pods after US pilots found themselves at a disadvantage in close range dogfights
The F-35 is equipped with a 25 MM gun; I believe that is an improvement over the 20 MM that is on the F-22.
Larry-three
The F-22 cannon (M61A2 Vulcan) is a six-barrel, Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm rounds at typically 6,000 rounds per minute. Muzzle Velocity is: 3,450 feet per second. It holds 480 rounds of ammunition.
The F-35 cannon (GAU-22/A) is a four-barrel, 25 mm Gatling-type rotary cannon version of the GAU-12/U. The GAU 22/A has a rate of fire of 3,300 rounds per minute. Muzzle velocity: with TP, HEI ammunition: 3,560 feet (1,085m) per second; with API ammunition: 3,400 feet (1,036m) per second. The F-35A holds 182 rounds of ammunition. The F 35B/C hold 220 rounds of ammunition in their external gun pods.
Larry-three while the bullet itself is more lethal the f-22 carries more ammo. almost 500 rounds.
think of it like a m1 garand vs an m4 or m16 of today. the garand will shoots a bigger bullet and packs more punch, but the m16 can carry more ammo.
This is like quality over quantity.
+Larry-three “Larry-3” No, just different guns for different advantages. The F-22 fires rounds about twice as fast. So although the round is slightly smaller, it puts out more firepower over-all.
F-35 is kind of replacement of A-10 so it can do gun run,
Took a lot longer than I expected. Really interesting, ty.😊
Oh damn, I didn't even know it had a gun. Love the little flap that keeps it stealthy. Curious as to how reliable it'd be at speed though, given how much it flaps just from the gun firing.
Didn’t know I needed to see that until I saw it.
I'm glad they decided to use the F-35 as stationary AA. I was worried it was going to be mothballed all together.
this comment aged well ngl
This comment aged like milk lmao
United States has been exporting a lot of fancy stationary AA’s lol
Ah yes 1k built so far totally says this about the platform :)
@@n3v3rforgott3n9 to be fair, by the time that comment was posted, the program was still controversial, and dealing with cost overruns and delays
Of course this YT vid doesn't capture even a tithe of how *knock-you-over LOUD* a 25mm cannon is from just a few feet away! 😳😱
That little door hanging on for dear life😂
dudes in the desert with toyotas be like "sure we'll take that on! "
I’m not sure if you heard but the Taliban won.
And dead.
Toyotas only win against camels.
Me and my dumbass trying to count the bullets:
Why do we do that?
@@glennllewellyn7369 why not is the real question.
@@xllg1111
Ahh yess!
when an F-35 needs to pass gas
Yet another milestone for this amazing airplane.
+Morten A. Andersen that should've been achieved several years and several billion dollars earlier.
A gun wasn't a requirement from the beginning of the program
+Morten A. Andersen Well that was a huge mistake.
+Weta
Why? Because you prefer Maverick type dogfights like in the movies? I'd be shocked if this gun is ever fired at an enemy, even over 100 wars. Conical bullets were invented in the 19th century.
(3rd time I write this message because of f**ing google+) 99 percent of the time missile will be your weapon of choice of course, but on the F4 phantom they decided not to put a gun. They later realised it was a mistake, that the dogfight era was not totally over and that in a dogfight a gun is very useful if the enemy gets too close. But yes 99% of the time the enemy will be engaged with missiles.
That little door is fighting fo its life xD
How did they ever engineer a gun barrel that doesn't get hot enough to melt? Like the ATK Chain Gun, which fires much more slowly.
🇨🇦💂Answer to your question: 1)they use multiple rotating barrels spun by an electric motor (General Electric), 2)the wind/air movement (from flying at any speed) air cools the barrels, 3) special heavy machine gun steel & electroplated inner linings are utilized in the construction of the barrels.
Literally spitting fire
Do you want a cover on the gun ?
Me : I will take 2....good to have a spare
I bet that little door that opens for firing costs 65 grand
That’s the thing, very seldomly is the “lowest bidder” applicable to aircraft. They had the market cornered after the F-22, so they got the F-35 contract no questions asked and an unlimited budget.
@@TDS1108Gaming yeah once suppliers get picked you are kinda married to them unless something goes really wrong and you want to start that system over (MIL-STD stuff notwithstanding).
It's expensive but not that much
Nice profile picture, whats your favorite song from conspiracy of one?
For being 2ndary weapon, that won't simply tickle you.
that little door opens up real quick.
That little door that pops open on the side is more than likely for ram air to cool the gun.
Also to keep it stealthy when the gun is not in use.
It's for the spent shells to be ejected. Derp. You're all wrong.
@@GTRNights The shells go back in the magazine like on the A-10. Derp. You're wrong.
to Purge the bay of gun gases.
@@GTRNights So why didn't we see shells coming out?
While in VTOL the fighter jet just becomes an attack helicopter
Sadly the F-35B (VTOL version for the marines) doesn’t have an internal gun
@ZaHandle it does have a gunpod and can carry dumb fired rockets
@@esplooze Cant shoot them in a hover, and does not need to. Flying straight is also much more fuel efficient.
LOL!
@@esploozeand a crayon bin.
Does the gun cover open when the driver selects guns or when they pull the trigger?
Probably selection, although I don't know for sure. You'd want the trigger pull to have an instant response.
How much does the off-center recoil affect drift?
Would that mean optimal approach vectors would be more limited?
The little door of surprises
As an engineer, I can say, hmmm - I’m an engineer and smart stuff comes out of my mouth.
Tell me more!
Some other stuff goes into your mouth too
At around 0:37 is an interesting rear view, I had always imagined the gun being more inboard towards the centerline, but it is fairly far out there.
The recoil force from the gun must drive some serious adverse yaw that the control systems must compensate for to stay on target!
compared to the stabilizing force of air moving over the control surfaces at 400 knots and the 40,000 pounds of thrust coming out the back it probably doesn't really affect much. There's also basically no time the gun would be fired for more than a second under practical conditions.
@@pxatm Last I checked 8000 was 1/5 of 40000, so recoil is not a trivial fraction (guesstimating recoil, the warthog has 10K recoil!)... and I doubt they fire the guns with the burner on so we are really looking at ~18K thrust max; recoil is a significant relative force. Especially considering the gun is not on the centerline, I would be very surprised if there was no active compensation... remember, these things need to hit something humvee sized from potentially thousands of feet in the air and miles away. So I asked my friend Google, and he agrees with me 😛.
@@hotliner2872 I'm not sure where you got that.
The GAU-22 has a recoil impulse of 58.88 pound force seconds for every shot fired, because it's accelerating a 270 gram projectile to 970 m/s.
The F-35 in flight has a momentum of 1180000 pound force seconds because it's a 50,000 pound aircraft moving at 450 knots. Even without the engine, and without any consideration of gravity, an F-35 gliding at cruising speed will barely notice a change firing the entire 25mm complement. Add the engine and acceleration of gravity fighting the gun and we get even less.
The A-10 is special because it's bad. The engines produce very little thrust and it's most comfortable at speeds between 150 and 300 knots, so it doesn't have very much kinetic energy compared to the recoil impulse of the gun.
it lasted as long as i did in bed.
peek-a-boo gun. Surprise!
Did anyone notice the second door open below the gun door? Maybe a cooling air inlet for the gun barrels...
Probably not, the gun gets cooled from the main door (when you’re moving there’s enough air for that. It’s why WW2 planes just stick the gun barrels out of the wings)
Maybe it’s to throw away the bullet casings
@@yuyy8565 and yet nothing came out
( Co pilot,were out ofAAM, we need to leave) . Pilot ( hold my Beer) flicks open gun switch cover.
These barrels must be bloody hot!
I'm curious how the RAM coating handles that muzzle flash.
Why wouldn’t it
@@yuyy8565 RAM coating is notoriously fragile, even has a hard time surviving rain.
If they manage to get this thing hovering perfectly still whilst firing this cannon, it will be the heartiest ‘fuck you’ human engineering has delivered to physics for some time.
The 25mm cannon is on the A variant which doesn’t have VTOL.
@@dillonh321 but the B variant can fit pod mounted guns
I would imagine recoil stabilization would be a big problem.
erm, no. physics is physics it doesnt gaf what you do, even hovering and shooting. all is according to the laws of physics.
A-10 be like: loooook at your cute little mini tini brrrt....!!
I haven’t seen anything that deadly since Winchester’s Black Talon.
F-35 > A-10 Sounds
What's the stuff close to jet intake that move before firing for?
Ching-Chen Huang Maybe for the shells to come out or to cool the gun ? I'm not too sure
Ching-Chen Huang Maybe the gun camera? Would be kind of odd though that it's not in the cockpit like say on the A-10. It just adds more drag when it opens like that.
+P51VoxelTanker The amount of drag it would add is so small. My assumption is that it's real purpose it to help trail smoke/away from the plane, to keep any residue from interfering with the stealth coating.
There is probably third a opening somewhere behind the gun to let air flow out, since the forward pointing opening must be an inlet.
Tim Port It's possible. I just thought of drag that would be like 1MPH, maybe not even then.
Probably ram air cooling inlet for the gun
The left is quietly having a hissy fit.
The gun solid to the frame I guess
Can't make a self aiming / locked on model
What's with that side door that opens up during firing? I'm figuring that's just for ventilation and to help keep the gun cool since I'm assuming it'd allow airflow mid-flight into the gun, but idk, I'm not a super expert.
probably ram air cooling the gun.. so yeah. ventilation
@@mikkel4606 not cooling, its to purge the gun bay of gases
Its for stealth, just like on the F-22
the biggest danger with rapid fire canon mounted in aircraft is a build up of explosive gases that can seriously damage the airframe
It's for stealth once the door opens the F35 will have a larger radar cross section. Basically the enemy can see it. Once the door closes the radar signature will stop making the F35 very difficult to detect. It's the same with the missile door's. Open, fire, close, change flight path.
I really wished to know the clearance between the shooted rounds and the fuselage... Its not a lot :)
It doesn't need a lot.
The rounds travel so fast it's nearly impossible to hit the fuselage and other parts of the aircraft.
The rounds would need to take a really hard turn scratch the surface of the aircraft.
“Shooted” is NOT a Word!🙈
@@shanebailey9128 lmao
:30 is the camera angle I want when I ADS in BF2042 while in 3PP 😂
I wonder if that muzzle door is a consumable. Replace after each flight. I can't imagine the low-observable coating survives that? Also - would it be that bad to use a lower-smoke propellant? I guess if it did, they'd have to be F-35 specific rounds
I’m looking at the cables and thinking how long they must be to enable these to fly on missions plugged into a socket……😊
I think we might have to replace the cover over the gun it flops around a bit , that isnt going to last
OXYOXYOXY444
Gee, I'll bet the designers never thought of that.
It's actually heavy duty steel it's just cause that gun is goddamn big
Jet Nassar Yep. That lid would have to be built like a manhole cover to not show movement when the gun is fired. Completely unnecessary overkill to try to get all motion out of it. (Watch a video of a commercial airliner landing and watch those wings flex.)
sferrin2 metal flexs well . but metal also suffers from harmonics which cases fatigue. the flap door looks more like harmonics to me .
OXYOXYOXY444 There is not much that could practically be done about that issue. A 25 mm round going off in a small space like that creates a lot of pressure. Being a stealth aircraft they can not have larger or vented openings anywhere.
Sometimes you just gotta love the RUclips algorithm, the video I was at before this was a 50 caliber weapon, shot a coyote, then this,.... kind of makes you giddie to think what’s next, dun-nit ?
(I'm 51) Always reminds me of the amusement park, etc game using an automatic thompson BB gun to try to shootout a red star on a piece of paper... 100 hundred BBs... all about the grouping.
Is that 25mm autocannon gonna be available in the civilian market soon? And how much $$
I searched at Walmart last week but they didn't have it
Imagine playing Jack in the box with f35 then the flap opens and your faced with 0:12
Big shout out to Edwards AFB 412 AMXS. 2004-2008.
Not a patch on the mighty GAU-8, the thinking man's gatling gun.
Pity the aircraft the GAU 8 is attached to is for idiots
With only 180 rounds to fight with, the gunsight had better be phenomenal! (In WW2, the P-47 carried, 2,800 rounds of .50BMG!)
It's not like it's ever going to shoot that thing while being shot at.
@@WobblieSkellie i bet it's only for shooting down balloons
The gun is a last resort weapon, not a primary armament. The main armament for the F-35 are the AMRAAMs, Meteors and Sidewinders. Not to mention that 25mm rounds would critically damage or shred the tally with just a few rounds in less than a second.
Only the F-35A has the gun integrated into the airframe while every other variant the US produce has to use an external gun pod due to limited space or other requirements.
Bruh the year is 2024 not 1943
@@CarlosAM1 Tell that to the Ukrainians! They're stuck re-fighting WW2, but withOUT benefit of Stukas!
WHY YOU NO BRRRRRTTTTTTT!!!!!
Megalodon64 It's a wittle baby brrrtttt :) Still would tear shit up though no matter what the enemy is flying.
+Megalodon64 because it's not airborne. Had it been fired while in the air, it would of BRRT just like the Vulcan, and every other GAU does.
he only "pew pew pew go away i have no more missiles! pew pew pew!"
It’s a 25 mm dumbass it’s more than adequate
Just wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
what’s the small flap that opens at the bottom?
Surely when the aircraft is going mega fast, that flap is gonna go under a ton of stress if the guns have to be used at speed? I am NO expert so please someone correct me if I'm wrong. I find this incredibly interesting.
I feel like a sliding door mechanism would be better here, but would probably introduce some unnecessary complexity
Gau-22 equaliser everybody.
When avengeris an overkill, but you feel that Vulcan is not quite good enough.
rt actualidad from russia just talk bad about this jet ,show them you guys are the best
***** Nah, RT's job is to tell the truth.
+Mikhail The Russian It's RT's job to make money off of headlines.
@@mikhailtherussian146 aged well, your nasty scum country
I wonder if this thing will ever capture the D point....
Now show us the receiving target. 🎯
Finally got the software to work?They will have to use all weapons to get them out of trouble!
+plumbit111 Lets hope they don't have to dogfight a stealth F-16. ;^)
plumbit111 It's 2019 already? Damn.
icegryphon Oh look, another, "hurrrr it lost da dogfight" moron. I'd attempt to explain it to you but I doubt you've got the attention span for it.
Ok hotshot what are you talking about!
Am listening I have a engineering degree OK!
Being a Lockheed Martin shareholder, I am very happy and hope Lockheed Martin folks have looked at the canopy a bit closer when they fire the guns...
The Boy That Gets the coffee in The mornings and Hands it the Gentleman Pushing the Broom at Lockhhed Martin, Has a Higher IQ then you do. But i am Sure they Read your comment and are Furiously Checking the Math as we speak, Can't let the guy with $17 invested down.
thankful for the incomparable IQ and wisdom@@kenshamrock3337 and then grateful for having a free market so one can buy LMT shares without worrying IQ restriction ..
Does strafing in a stealth aircraft seem like a strange combination?
Like a solar powered flashlight.
Did you notice that cover in open position when cannon fired? It closes when pilot says "mischief managed".
ALL he do comments: “that little door jack in the box, etc etc “
The ting goeessss skkkraaaatataa skiditu pahpah
Only in America will you find an f35 in a shooting range.
God bless the USA.
Its in a testing facility lol
@@rabidbeaver167 I just wanted to make a joke. 🤣
look at your rancid little avatar. yuck go virtue signal somewhere else.
The state of that flap afterwards...
Everything reminds me of her
So when can I preorder it on Amazon? 😅
I can see that door being changed a lot for corrosion issue. Still pretty cool.
More money for aircraft maker from taxpayers.
181 rounds of freedom fired
wallykung that’s one way to spin it around. It’s a machine that incurs death multifaceted . A murder machine if U will...
Quick question for anyone who knows how do they make sure they never have a squib load? And would that damage the gun if they did?
I don’t know for sure, but I’d imagine that the quality control standards are good enough to reduce the chances of a squib happening. We’re also talking about *a lot* of powder in a single round. Even if some of it’s bad it’s probably still enough to atleast get the round out the barrel.
That little door was an afterthought. Come on guys.😂
The flap every time the gun fires: 👀
Pretty sure it’s got 182 rounds if I’m not mistaken
depends if you chamber one.
Pretty sure you’re right I counted
Wiki sais its 180 rounds so this is clearly fake cause wiki never lies.
Any video of what happens on the other end of the bullets?
I'm naming that cover the Peek-a-Boo flap.
Imagine being in a ground war and that flap pops out of the dirt. You’re screwed
both the navalized carrier borne F-35C Lightning II stealth multi role interceptor fighter & F-35B Lightning II stealth VTOL multi role fighter should be armed with an integrated 25 MM GAU-22/A rotary cannon built into the starboard side forward of the wing root fuselage section . . . instead of 25 MM GAU-12/U gun pods attached to under wing hard points . . . the integration of the 25 MM GAU-22/A rotary cannon in the F-35C Lightning II stealth multi role interceptor fighter & F-35B Lightning II stealth VTOL multi role fighter has to be done without compromising the F-35B airframe's complex & tight flight characteristics . . .
Agree, the B & C not having a gun is like not learning from the lessons of the F-4 in Vietnam. Now you know why the USAF "A" model F35 DOES have an internal gun.
@@ILSRWY4The Navy after seeing similar results in Vietnam, instead of insisting on an integrated cannon, set up training programs so that pilots could use their missiles with maximum effectiveness. Guess which branch had better win/loss ratios
When the F4 Phantom was developed in the '60s, they had no onboard cannon or MG based on modern air to air rocketry ~ dismissed as obsolete. Later added as hard point bolt on accessory for Mig duels over Viet Nam. Don't dis the throw weight on this tidy 25mm!
Installing a gun internally would take away space for fuel which is very important for carrier operations.
A-10 or bust.
The little flap that could…
" If it was a Boeing ... " Go ahead people show your best joke
Can I just say something here? I was told the F-35 wouldn't have a gun. I was told it couldn't turn, climb, run, and that it was defeated by an F-16. Having now learned more about its capabilities I would like to say that I feel sorry for our enemies. They don't have a chance; they never can.
I really don't get the absurd hate that the F-35 is getting. Sure it's expensive since it is a stealth multi role, but it's supposed to be jack of all trades but master of none. I plan to join the USAF as a pilot soon but those think are 'edgy' attack those who plan to do so. The F-35 looks like a capable aircraft. I just don't get the hate against the F-22 and the F-35. Time will tell I guess.
Alexander Hoyt Looks like the F-35 is all about information warfare, stealth, and total dominance whereas everyone else has focused on maneuverability, speed, and loadout capacity. F-35 may not be the best at those things but if the technology works as planned it may not matter.
+Toby Licious it just saddens me that the F-35 is getting hate for the dumbest reasons. If people want the dogfighting aspect, then there is the Raptor.
+Toby Licious BVR combat seems to be getting more advanced, and before we know it, we could see aircraft borne laser weaponry. Though its cool seeing the F-35 get a gun via the GAU-22
Alexander Hoyt And there was something on History Channel (I know) about directed EMP weapons. The power to fry all the iPhones in a building from the sky.
Dang thing didn't even need a gun. We have weapons so accurate they can hit a window. Other than the A-10, statistically gun strafes have done almost no damage to enemy forces.
+THM SGR That was just the F-4, and it got more kills with sparrows and AIM-9s than guns, by far.
+THM SGR F-15 called and wants you to know it killed most of its enemies with missiles.
***** In which case, if the F-35 is out of missiles and friends, it will very likely get killed. The gun will likely only ever strafe sand people. It's nice to have, but if you replace it with more fuel, it's not gonna be a problem.
The F-16 and F-15 both had 500 rounds of ammunition and you guys send this thing out there with 180? Somebody really needs to teach you your developers how to count
It even shoots in stealth wow